Improvement in policemen s clubs



J. GHRISTMANN. Policeman's Club.

No. 200,987. Patented March 5, 1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JOHN OHRISTMANN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POLICEMENS CLUBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 200,987, dated March 5,1878; application filed July 19, 1877.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN OHRISTMANN, of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented a new and Improved Baton, with whistle and torch combined; and I do hereby declare the following to be an exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents aview of the baton. Fig. 2 exhibits a sectional view of the same with the whistles at top and torch at the opposite end. Fig. 3 shows a sectional View of the wooden whistles. Fig. 4 shows a sectional View of the torch and apertures for matches with which the torch 'can be lighted. Fig. 5 represents the whistles.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of one or more whistles, secured to or formed upon the handle of a policemans baton,with a cylinder containing awick screwed or otherwise fastened into the opposite end of the baton, and supplied with any kind of inflammable oi1,.-so as to be used as atorch, substantially as hereinafter described.

The object of my invention is to have a whistle, warning, or call for a police officer attached to his baton, and at the same time a torch to follow and secure a prisoner in the darkness.

A represents the baton, made of wood or any suitable material, its handle B hollow at one end, and containing preferably three whistles, that give out different sounds or tunes. B is a cap or mouth-piece. The round pieces of wood D, with a sectional cutting at one side, form the whistles, that are sounded by blowing into the end or mouthpiece of the handle B. The cap B can be attached to the handle by a screw-thread. On the opposite end of the baton A is a hole bored in the center, of any required length, in which a cylinder, E, of metal is inserted, having a screw-thread cut on its outer end, so that a cap, 0, may be screwed on to cover and secure the wick in the center.

F F are apertures in the baton A, to hold a supply of matches to light the wick whenever required.

A ferrule may be attached to the end of the baton A over the torch to strengthen it, if re quired.

I do not claim, broadly, a baton having a whistle on the handle, nor one provided with a lamp; but

What I do claim is- Apolicemans club or baton having awhistle or whistles in its handle, and provided at its striking end with a lamp or torch, constructed and arranged substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN GHRISTMANN. Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGART, J OHN A. TAUBERSCHMIDT. 

